That may be hard from Acronis as you knew TI9 was out. However, I bet CompUSA will take care of you. Before I got TI9 from Acronis (bought TI8 at CompUSA a few days before TI9 came out) CompUSA said they would take care of me. Did you open TI8 yet? I didn't, and still haven't..

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Hats off to Acronis. Because a lot of these purchases are closeouts, a number of reputable companies, that I've dealt with, have refused to offer a free upgrade. Now, if Acronis could only fix TI9 so that it would be worth upgrading TO!